Telegrams. Cargo of Sugar Ruined. Steamer Strikes a Rock. Sydney
A message from New Zealand states the steamer Roma, with a cargo of raw sugar, of 7000 tons, struck a flat rock off Kawau, on the cast coast. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922
43 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 3
Prohibition Wreckage. (Published ay arrangement)
Like other countries that have given the anti-liquor Bolsheviks an opportunity to prove the efficacy of prohibition as a social and economic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer on Rocks
For the second time this month Auckland water front received a shock when news was received on Tuesday night last, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Purchases. Sydney
The steamer Timaru has been purchased by the N.C.S.N. Co., and the steamer Duranbah by the Patrick S.S. Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea. Steamer Southgate's Plight. Sydney
A brief message from the steamer "Southgate," in the early hours of this morning, told of the success of the crew of the vessel in a fight for life…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buried by Wheat. Steamer Bulkhead Collapes. Three Men Killed. Sydney
During the loading of wheat aboard the steamer "Norfolk," at White Bay, Sydney, last night, the wooden bulkhead gave way and a number of men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Overdue. Sydney
The Tasmanian Government steamer Tambar, of 456 tons, is 36 hours overdue on a voyage, from Stanley to Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cliffs Wrecked by Snails
You might not believe that he was serious if someone told you that seasnails are entirely responsible for the fact that England is an island. Yet…
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Barber's fishing launch, anchored at Arakoon, was loosed by tin storm from her moorings and blown across Trial Bay to the beach the other side…
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The new steamer built by Mr. Ernest Wright at Tuncurry for the N.C.S.N. Company, was launched on Friday last. The vessel is intended for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer's Hard Tussle. Sydney
The Adelaide Steamship Co. 's steamer "Yankalilla" received the full force of the cyclone off North Gabo yesterday. Her engines broke down and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Egypt
At the inquiry regarding the collision in which the liner Egypt was lost, Captain Collier gave a graphic story of the last scenes before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the Maitland Was Wrecked. a Sea Tragedy of [?]98
The Maitland gale still lives in the memories of many people, Here is the story of the wreck of the ship told by a survivor after 24 years. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Ketch in Distress. Sydney
The auxiliary ketch Ruby left Sydney Harbor yesterday morning for Broken Bay. It soon experienced trouble with its engine and hoisted sails,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Ancient Wreck. Nearly a Mile Inland
PORTIONS of an old hulk have been discovered in the Band at Porpoise Point, at the southern extremity of Stradbroke Island, off the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. Ketch Ruby. Brought Into Newcastle. Adventutors Passage. Sydney
The ketch Ruby, which was blown off the coast during the westerly gales, was towed into Newcastle yesterday. The crew had an adventurous passage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Wreck Express. London
An attempt to derail the Illinois Central express in Iowa failed. A car preceding the flyer by a few minutes crashed into rocks piled on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chilean Steamer Sunk. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
Two hundred and forty persons were drowned when the Chilean steamer Itata capsized and sank in rough seas off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters That Wreck Lives. How Pests of the Pen Are Tracked
More anonymous letters are being written to-day than ever before. This is the alarming verdict of a wellknown handwriting and forgery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sale of a Wreck. Sydney
The sailing Ship "France," which was wrecked off New Caledonia, has been sold for £2000. Prior to running ashore the vessel was valued at…
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